Alexa+, Amazon’s revamped version of Alexa was unveiled Wednesday, bringing the popular voice assistant into the artificial intelligence era.

There have been concerns about Amazon's souped-up Alexa upgrade, as well as warnings about a controversial new chatbot for teenagers.

New Features in Alexa+ . One of the main upgrades here is that you can more easily share information with Alexa to build up its knowledge base. You’ll be able to do that from yo

Ten years after Amazon debuted its virtual assistant, Alexa is finally being upgraded for the generative-AI age. Meet Alexa+.

After a lengthy delay, Amazon has finally jumped on the same AI chatbot bandwagon as everyone else. At an event in New York on Wednesday, Amazon lifted the veil off of the new AI-enhanced version of its Alexa voice assistant, called Alexa+.

At an event in New York on Wednesday, Amazon announced an upgraded Alexa experience — Alexa+ — powered by generative AI technologies. Onstage, Amazon’s devices and services chief Panos Panay called it a “complete re-architecture” of the AI assistant.

The biggest surprise at Amazon’s press conference last week was the lack of hardware announcements. Traditionally, Amazon announces dozens of new gadgets at its events, but this time, Amazon spent 70 minutes talking about software. Specifically, Alexa Plus, its new generative AI-powered Alexa voice assistant. And that was exactly the right move.

Alexa+ is a big part of Amazon’s attempt to do just that – in addition to upgrading Alexa for the current chatbot era. Amazon is touting Alexa’s new ability to incorporate a user’s ...

Alexa+ is a big part of Amazon's attempt to do just that — in addition to upgrading Alexa for the current chatbot era. Amazon is touting Alexa's new ability to incorporate a user's personal ...

Alexa+ is a big part of Amazon’s attempt to do just that — in addition to upgrading Alexa for the current chatbot era. In this photo illustration the logo of Amazon Alexa can be seen next to a ...